Possible outbreaks of smallpox in Nigeria have already killed at least 19 children.

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Possible outbreaks of smallpox in Nigeria have already killed at least 19 children.

At least 19 children have died and over 200 have fallen asleep due to a possible outbreak of smallpox in the Nigerian state of Adamawa, according to local authorities, who have declared a sanitation emergency, and the possible outbreak was detected in Yola, in the municipality of Mubi, where the local health commissioner, Felix Tangwami, confirmed that a mobilization has been launched to immediately provide the necessary medicines to the affecte…